Original post: Newswise - Substance Abuse Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss New Loosened Restrictions for Prescribing Buprenorphine
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Lack of educational opportunities influence drug use for rural youth
Original post: Newswise - Drug and Drug Abuse Lack of educational opportunities influence drug use for rural youth
Having grown up poor in a rural village in Zimbabwe, Wilson Majee saw firsthand as a child the lack of educational opportunities that were easily accessible and how that impacted the youth in his village.
PsychLight Sensor to Enable Discovery of New Psychiatric Drugs
Original post: Newswise - Substance Abuse PsychLight Sensor to Enable Discovery of New Psychiatric Drugs
UC Davis researchers develop PsychLight, a sensor that could be used in discovering new treatments for mental illness, in neuroscience research and to detect drugs of abuse.
Impact of COVID-19 on racial-ethnic minorities among persons with opioid use disorder
Original post: Newswise - Substance Abuse Impact of COVID-19 on racial-ethnic minorities among persons with opioid use disorder
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted health disparities for people of color, who have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic.
Two Novel Biobanks Offer Investigatory Targets for Cocaine and Oxycodone Addiction
Original post: Newswise - Substance Abuse Two Novel Biobanks Offer Investigatory Targets for Cocaine and Oxycodone Addiction
Researchers have created to novel biobanks of diverse tissues from animals to further explore the biological bases and consequences of addiction to cocaine and oxycodone.
IU researchers tackle the challenges of conducting intrastate policy surveillance
IU researchers tackle the challenges of conducting intrastate policy surveillance and find accessing county and municipal laws challenging in Indiana.
Efforts to reduce opioid prescriptions may be hindering end-of-life pain management
Policies designed to prevent the misuse of opioids may have the unintended side effect of limiting access to the pain-relieving drugs by terminally ill patients nearing the end of their life, new research led by the Oregon State University College of Pharmacy suggests.
Cannabis Use Disorder Rate Rose among Pregnant Women between 2001-2012
Original post: Newswise - Drug and Drug Abuse Cannabis Use Disorder Rate Rose among Pregnant Women between 2001-2012
Babies born to mothers diagnosed with cannabis use disorder are more likely to experience negative health outcomes, such as preterm birth and low birth weight, than babies born to mothers without a cannabis use disorder diagnosis, report UC San Diego researchers.
June 2021 Issue of AJPH Comprises the Effects of COVID-19 on Drug Overdoses, E-cigarette Use, and Public Health Measures and Strategies
Original post: Newswise - Drug and Drug Abuse June 2021 Issue of AJPH Comprises the Effects of COVID-19 on Drug Overdoses, E-cigarette Use, and Public Health Measures and Strategies
June 2021 AJPH Issue highlights COVID-19 concerns in relation to fatal drug overdoses, drops in youth e-cigarette use, importance of public health measures, and strategies to protect correctional staff.
COVID-19 reduces access to opioid dependency treatment for new patients
COVID-19 has been associated with increases in opioid overdose deaths, which may be in part because the pandemic limited access to buprenorphine, a treatment used for opioid dependency, according to a new study led by Princeton University researchers.